Adrian wroteGetting rid of the chocolate teapot that is Cllr Gannon, should be seen as the number one priority, and take Hughes and Lewis with him.

I've no doubt there are some good people at what was TNE, but the leadership has been god awful and aimless for years. The Enhanced Partnership, aside from the watered down day tickets, has achieved little but to top up the pockets of operators. Interestingly, they've never once published the performance data that the scheme commits to. I wonder why...

He’ll still be in the NECA cabinet, chaired by Kim of course, but he won’t be taking a portfolio as it were. And Kim is the one ultimately responsible for public transport,  so whilst most NECA decisions require majority consent from the cabinet, she and her office will be taking the lead on this. In the short term, the cabinet will be continuing with the pre-existing arrangement of NEXUS dealing with Tyne & Wear, with decisions re: Northumberland and County Durham delegated to the local authority. However, I’d be amazed if this arrangement stays longer term and equally amazed if NEXUS still exists in its current form by the end of her Mayoral term.